Senator  Sarah Hanson-Young  BSocSc
Senator Hanson-Young standing in the Senate chamber
Senator for South Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office  1 July 2008
Constituency	South Australia
Born	23 December 1981 (1981-12-23) (age 28) Melbourne, Victoria[1]
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Greens
Website	SarahInTheSenate.com

Sarah Coral Hanson-Young (born 23 December 1981) is an Australian politician. She has been a Greens member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of South Australia.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Role as Senator 2.1 Children in parliament 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

At the 2007 federal election, she became South Australia's first Greens Senator, and the youngest person ever elected to the Senate,^[2] and the youngest woman ever elected to Australian Parliament.^[3] Although the SA Green primary vote was relatively unchanged, preferences from the Australian Labor Party got the required quota needed.^[4][5] She was previously a candidate for the Legislative Council in the 2006 South Australian election.

Hanson-Young was born in Melbourne, and grew up near Orbost in East Gippsland. As a young, student- politician, activist, and president of the Students' Association of the University of Adelaide, comparisons have been drawn between her and former Australian Democrats senator Natasha Stott Despoja.^[6]

Hanson-Young has been active in community groups and NGOs on environmental, human rights, women's and youth related issues, primarily through Amnesty International. She worked on several community projects in Orbost including the establishment of the Orbost Youth Centre.^{[citation needed]} In 1999 she was awarded "Australia Day Young Citizen of the Year" for Gippsland, Victoria. She was the Environment Officer of the Students' Association of the University of Adelaide in 2001 and in 2002 was elected its President — the first time a candidate who ran an independent campaign had been elected since Natasha Stott Despoja in 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Formerly a board member of Unibooks and Justice for Refugees (SA),^[7] Hanson-Young has also mentored young people through The Smith Family Tertiary Mentor Program.^[8]

Hanson-Young is also a student, partway through a postgraduate law degree and holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Adelaide. She has worked as the Community Campaigner for Amnesty International SA/NT, and has worked as a Greens media advisor.^[9]

Her husband, Zane Young,^[10] has served on the City of Mitcham council since November 2006.^[11] He was a Greens candidate for Waite in the 2006 South Australian election, and Sturt in the 2004 federal election.^[12]

[edit] Role as Senator

Senator Hanson-Young's portfolio includes childcare, education, sexuality, human rights, gender identity and the status of women and youth.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Children in parliament

These issues became the focus of attention on June 18, 2009 when the Senate President ordered the removal of her two year old daughter from the Senate chamber during a division, according to procedural rules.^{[citation needed]} Public reaction on the matter was divided, and ignited a debate on accommodating children and their carers in the workplace.^[13]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sarah Hanson-Young website
• Parliamentary biography
• SA Greens website
• Greens unveil their 'Natasha', Advertiser Adelaide, 25 Oct 2006
• Greens pin Senate hopes on 'new Natasha', The Australian, 26 Oct 2006
• Introductory interview on Triple J's Hack programme 18th August 2008 (audio mp3 format)

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NAME
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	23 December 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne, Victoria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH